12-31-2023, 07:37 PM
Still tired after 4 months of CPAP
Hello everyone,
Long time lurker on these threads and I've learnt so much about CPAP treatment and different thing to look for on my Oscar data on here. Finally decided I may need some help from the people here after 4 months of fiddling around with settings and different mask types and still being tired most days.
Brief history, I was diagnosed with moderate/severe sleep apnea early September with an AHI of 36 and have been using a CPAP ever since. Initially, the min pressure was set to 5 and max to 15. After the first month, I had a titration done and the doctor recommended I set my min pressure to 8 and max to 12. Since 8 felt like too much pressure for me, I changed it from 7 - 12 and after many days of tweaking I am currently at 7.4 minimum and 11 maximum (EPR: 2). I use a Resmed airsense 11 with an Airlift N30i mask and humidity usually set to auto.
The issue is that after 4 months of usage I'm still tired. My AHI is usually between 2 and 3 and sometimes dip below 2. But I cannot find a relation between my AHI and how tired I am that day. Some days I have a high AHI but I am not too tired, and sometimes I have a low AHI and have to lie down several times a day to be able to keep going. Luckily I am still working from home. I use an Apple Watch to bed and have seen some dips in O2 levels but I am not too sure about the accuracy on this and have ordered a Lokee O2 ring for more data on my O2 levels.
I was hooping the experts on this forum could shed some insight on why I would still be tired after 4 months use. I am usually fine when I wake up but get tired in a few hours. All the other posts I have seen on this forum, for most people they are tired as soon as they wake up and get better later, which is the opposite of how I seem to be functioning. I also feel better if I lie down for 10-15 mins with my CPAP on. All of this is so confusing, but as per my sleep doctor I am picture perfect and I should be tired any more seeing my AHI.
Attaching screen from last night.
Thank you!
Long time lurker on these threads and I've learnt so much about CPAP treatment and different thing to look for on my Oscar data on here. Finally decided I may need some help from the people here after 4 months of fiddling around with settings and different mask types and still being tired most days.
Brief history, I was diagnosed with moderate/severe sleep apnea early September with an AHI of 36 and have been using a CPAP ever since. Initially, the min pressure was set to 5 and max to 15. After the first month, I had a titration done and the doctor recommended I set my min pressure to 8 and max to 12. Since 8 felt like too much pressure for me, I changed it from 7 - 12 and after many days of tweaking I am currently at 7.4 minimum and 11 maximum (EPR: 2). I use a Resmed airsense 11 with an Airlift N30i mask and humidity usually set to auto.
The issue is that after 4 months of usage I'm still tired. My AHI is usually between 2 and 3 and sometimes dip below 2. But I cannot find a relation between my AHI and how tired I am that day. Some days I have a high AHI but I am not too tired, and sometimes I have a low AHI and have to lie down several times a day to be able to keep going. Luckily I am still working from home. I use an Apple Watch to bed and have seen some dips in O2 levels but I am not too sure about the accuracy on this and have ordered a Lokee O2 ring for more data on my O2 levels.
I was hooping the experts on this forum could shed some insight on why I would still be tired after 4 months use. I am usually fine when I wake up but get tired in a few hours. All the other posts I have seen on this forum, for most people they are tired as soon as they wake up and get better later, which is the opposite of how I seem to be functioning. I also feel better if I lie down for 10-15 mins with my CPAP on. All of this is so confusing, but as per my sleep doctor I am picture perfect and I should be tired any more seeing my AHI.
Attaching screen from last night.
Thank you!
